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RapidCanvas
RapidCanvas is an Austin-based enterprise AI company that helps businesses move from concept to production-ready AI solutions in weeks rather than months. Founded in 2021 by veterans of Simility (acquired by PayPal), it pairs a proprietary agentic AI platform with human experts through what it calls the Hybrid Approach - AI agents automate data preparation, modeling and workflow execution while human specialists handle strategy and governance. The company targets non-technical business users across manufacturing, financial services, retail, energy and logistics, and has raised over $23.5M including a $16M Series A led by Peak XV Partners.
Rentana
Rentana is an AI-powered revenue intelligence platform for multifamily real estate owners and operators. It replaces spreadsheet-driven pricing with real-time, unit-level recommendations - optimizing rents, amenity values, marketing specials, and lease renewals in one platform. Founded in 2023 by a team out of Stripe, Airtable, Airbnb, and AppFolio and led by ex-Two Sigma investor Julie Blanc, Rentana raised a $5M seed round in 2025 and reports outcomes like millions in added property value and roughly 10 hours saved per property each week.
Hypersonix Inc.
Hypersonix is an agentic AI platform purpose-built for retail and eCommerce profitability. Its flagship product, ProfitGPT, gives merchants autonomous decision-making across pricing, promotions, forecasting, and inventory - replacing weeks of analyst work with minutes of AI-driven insight. With 5M+ SKUs optimized and 100K+ daily autonomous pricing decisions, Hypersonix helps retailers like LVMH, Woodman's Market, and Rogers Sporting Goods capture margin lift of 10-12% within 90 days.
Prem Kiran
Prem Kiran is the Founder and CEO of Hypersonix Inc., an agentic AI platform that helps retail and commerce businesses maximize profit through autonomous pricing, forecasting, and promotion optimization. A serial entrepreneur with 20+ years in enterprise technology, Kiran previously served as Global VP at SAP, founded and exited CLYP Technology, and held C-suite roles at Fishbowl before building Hypersonix into a $200M-valued company backed by B Capital, Intel Capital, and investor Gokul Rajaram. His ProfitGPT platform now makes over 100,000 autonomous daily pricing decisions across 5M+ SKUs for 100+ retail brands.